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1. The Elicker administration offered to pay a megalandlord company more than the appraised value to buy four blighted out-of-code-compliance buildings on Dixwell Avenue rather than pursue foreclosure. What happened next? A. The megalandlord paid off years of fines and kept the properties B. The deal went through but renovations haven’t started yet C. The deal went through and renovations have begun D. The city botched a lien process, then the whole deal fell apart E. Flooding destroyed the buildings, putting the deal on hold
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(Opinion) The wicked prime minister Haman was hoisted by his own petard, or at least hung by his own gallows, for approximately the 2,500th straight year at Bregamos Community Theater last Friday.
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1. Where was the above-pictured item purchased this week, what did it cost, and what is it? A. Witch Bitch Thrift, $4.50, candy container B. Witch Bitch Thrift, $11, paperweight C. Family Dollar, $1, teapot D. Family Dollar, $3, planting pot E. Atticus Bookstore Cafe, $8, Babar promo F. Peabody Museum gift shop, $15, not sure (decoration?)
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Mar 18, 2024 12:08 pm
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Bo Sandine with a signature gin and tonic in 116 Crown heaven.
The illuminated bar. The welcoming, gorgeous garden in the back. The carefully crafted cocktails, which were worth the extra time they took. Over its now-ended 17-year run, 116 Crown was a singular sensation.
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1. Why does Jim Blau drive every day from Milford to a Trinity Lutheran Church-owned property on New Haven’s Orange Street? A. To pray at the vespers service B. To make repairs on tenants’ flooded apartments C. To feed his cat left behind in an unrepaired flooded church-owned apartment for 35 days while Blau lives in a pet-free Milford hotel D. To inspect work on repairs of flooded apartments
A New Haven-made carriage popular among Southern slave owners.
William Grimes escaped slavery on a ship from Savannah to New York, then walked to Connecticut. He published his autobiography months after he purchased his freedom.
(Opinion) Inside the New Haven Museum, I asked the greeter at the front desk about the reaction of visitors to the new exhibition.
“Many are shocked,” she said. “They had no idea.”
The exhibit, “Shining a Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale, and Slavery,” shows how the Elm City profited from America’s greatest shame, even depended on it, and when a chance came to right a wrong its leaders disgraced themselves further.
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1. What was Mayor Justin Elicker doing in the above picture? A. Registering King/Robinson students to vote in the upcoming Democratic presidential primary B. Playing “I Spy with My Eye” with Hill Central students C. Drawing with Edgewood students during a visit by a touring art-museum bus D. Quizzing a Worthington Hooker student on how to spell “I love art” during a school assembly E. Playing hooky from City Hall
Rolling up a mattress before bulldozers come in to demolish a Lamberton Street homeless encampment.
As executive director of New Haven’s Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) and drop-in center, Steve Werlin has seen firsthand the state’s “historic” rise in homelessness. He told state legislators about that — to urge them to find extra money this year to help front-line agencies like his save lives and work toward solutions.
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1) Where did the above-pictured politicians show up, and why? A) A block from Cast Iron Grille, to attend a fundraiser for UNITE HERE-backed Democratic ward co-chair primary candidates B) On a Jaigantic Studios lot on River Street, to film a MADD-sponsored DUI-prevention public-service announcement C) Underneath an I‑91 underpass, to herald the beginning of a new-urbanist road-renovation project D) Outside Erector Square, to finalize picks for a 2024 MLB fantasy league competition E) At the former Church Street South, to act as cameo extras in the filming of an NHPD Blues pilot
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Feb 27, 2024 11:17 am
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Colon (at left) at Saturday campaign rally.
Throughout my life I have fought for our city’s residents to be able to support their families and live dignified and fulfilling lives. Living in the Hill through economic struggle taught me that we win respect, dignity, and economic security by banding together, rolling up our sleeves, and doing the work required to address decades of racial segregation and policies that have benefited the powerful at the expense of the poor. We still have significant work to do, but building a movement that is focused on winning freedom for all New Haven residents has motivated my work as a union leader, an alder with 18 years of service, and a current co-chair for the Democratic Town Committee.
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1) Who is doing what in the above photo? A) Wilson Zuckerman is distributing incense at the opening of a new meditation center inside the former Roger’s Barn on Winthrop Avenue B) Harold Melvin is handing out samples of his Blue Note home cocktail-mixture devices at a product debut event at New Haven Museum C) Andrew Rubenoff is passing out tambourines at the Mardi Gras ball at the public library D) Unidentified volunteer is offering guests unidentified “experience enhancers” at a Pirate’s Ball Jimmy Buffett tribute at Toad’s Place
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1) Who in the above picture is taking this escalator, where, and why? A) New Haven tech enthusiasts at the Trumbull Mall, to purchase one-day discounted Apple Vision Pro headsets B) Local rideshare drivers at the state Capitol, to lobby the legislature’s Labor Committee for a law to improve Lyft & Uber working conditions C) Tenant union organizers at the state Capitol, to lobby for expanded eviction protections. D) Aspiring actors at the Shubert for auditions for nonspeaking roles in the upcoming April run of Menopause The Musical 2 E) KC Chiefs fans attending a big-screen Super Bowl watch party at the Omni
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1) What are Jorge and Jorge doing in this picture? A) Collecting samples for an Ag Station study of climate-changed early budding of native plants B) Constructing “Pink Floyd/Round Brick Wall,” a multimedia installation to join Pitkin Plaza’s collection of public art works C) Deconstructing a Pitkin Plaza planter D) Replacing cracked concrete slabs E) Installing new NHPD surveillance cameras F) Building an outdoor chess board
Democratic Registrar of Voters this week accepting candidates' petitions for ward co-chair races.
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1) What is the name of a challenge slate of Democrats seeking ward co-chair positions? A) Take Back New Haven B) The People’s Posse C) New Haven Agenda D) New Haven Works E) Biden’s Avengers
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Jan 29, 2024 12:12 pm
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Jamilah Rasheed at the Hill pop-up food pantry.
By the time I arrived at the pop-up New Haven Inner City Enrichment (NICE) Center Food Pantry, 40 people were standing in line on a blustery Saturday morning.
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1. Wilbur Cross’s girls’ varsity basketball team won its first game of the season with a dramatic free throw with three seconds left in the game. What is the team’s nickname? A) The Lady Academics B) The Lady Huskies C) The Lady Panthers D) The Lady Governors E) The Lady Parliamentarians
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LaundroMax GM Chris Walker (center) with officials at ribbon-cutting.
By the time officials arrived to cut the ribbon on the west side’s newest laundromat, customers were already inside using the state-of-the-art washing machines. The air was fragrant with the smell of fabric softener and dryer sheets, and the speakers pumped in classic Mary J. Blige and Erykah Badu.
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1. What caused 14 Yale-hired construction workers to end up in the hospital Wednesday? A. A collapsed ceiling B. Food poisoning from a shared take-out lunch C. A collapsed stairwell D. Carbon monoxide poisoning
At the MLK Love March Monday in the Goatville neighborhood.
As a practicing agnostic, I’ve often wondered why the Civil Rights Movement began in the church. Christianity has always seemed antithetical to Black liberation to me. After all, this is the white man’s religion, with a white Jesus foisted upon our people during the degradation of slavery. I’ve resented my people’s devotion to a God we wouldn’t even know if not for our conquest.
This question was cycling through my mind when I stepped off with the members and supporters of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church for their 54th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Love March through the streets of East Rock, the state’s longest-running celebration of Dr. King’s life and achievements.
